One of the most interesting walking videos i have ever seen, i really liked how you got into all the little areas between the restaurants and the shops in the beginning it was fantastic
Everytime I see a Macedonia related video I see so many political and history related comments and so many negativity by greeks and macedonians. Why do not everyone just watch the video and enjoy it??!?! Btw this is awesome video i liked it... no matter if it is North or only Macedonia
@@poptravelorg Words of reason? Such ignorant comments from both of you. Of course, if you are not Greek this issue doesn't affect you. And since it doesn't affect *you*, the heck with it, it's not important, let's just "enjoy", right? I am Macedonian, I have no relation with those Slavic people (who I have nothing personally against, other than the fact that they are stealing robbing my history and my identity) and I my eyes roll every time I hear or read this so called "North Macedonia" moniker. Furthermore, the financial damage to the Macedonian (Greek) companies is incalculable. I know, I work for one (winery), and we had to lay off several people because guess who else is selling "Macedonian" wines, capitalizing on their excellent reputation. So, not only they are stealing my history and my identity, they may end up robbing me of my living as well. Other than all that, "let's just enjoy". So, next time, it's better to not comment about things you know nothing about--it's better to stay quiet and be thought of as a fool rather than speak out and remove all doubt.
@@iliassarris1118 I'm sure if you and your neighbors do a DNA test, you will find a lot of Slavic genes. There are no hard and fast boundaries between peoples or "identities." And why are there folk songs in Greek Macedonia without any lyrics, but not anywhere else? Why can I, as a "North" Macedonian, travel into Greek Macedonia and speak Macedonian to the old people there, but you can't come up north and speak Greek? Because in the last century, the Greek governments tried to erase Slavic Macedonian culture, language, identity. Many fled north just to survive; it's an ethnic cleansing. On your side, you're mad that even though the EU let you copyright the term Macedonia, there are other people north where that's the only name they have for themselves, so they use it as well. Don't blame your poorer neighbors for your economic troubles; we all saw how the EU and Germany forced it on you through debt and austerity. Why should we small, poor countries fight against each other?
Ich komme aus Mazedonien (kicevo) und kann nur eins sagen. Mazedonien ist eine schönes Land und wenn alle Nationen und Religionen zusammen halten und leben können wir es noch schöner und besser machen. LG
I have visited Skopje twice, and I have never seen homeless. Instead Athens is full of homeless and the circulation is chaotic. Skopje is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The only serious problem it has is pollution.
Greetings from Tulsa, Oklahoma USA Loved this video. It's so interesting to see other cultures. Loved all the shops you strolled through. Plus the cat at 18:53 So many languages. I'm guessing Macedonia, Albanian and many more surrounding the Turkey areas. Everything looked so clean, with a few exceptions. like at 49:33 Was sad to see the beautiful area of abandonment and trash at 1:03:44 around the lovely statues. After leaving the Holiday Inn 57:00 did you cross the Vardar River on that beautiful bridge? 59:00 Loved the plaza by StoneBridge Hotel 37:04 and young children playing in water fountain 39:19 however it's against the law in USA to allow children naked in public. However I got a great laugh at it. The Umbrellas were amazing hanging over the shops! 23:36 I am guessing Coca Cola is very popular in Skopje. You did an excellent job panning everything with your camera. Thank you!
Thank you for this comment! The old town is nice to walk around and rather clean. Where it's less touristy outside it looks a bit weird with the new buildings and "different" like the apartment area around 49:33 that you mentioned. It's actually not trash there but somebody selling these shoes and things that are laying on the floor. I also was surprised about this at first yet saw it in other countries. Skopje is indeed a mix of different people from the Balkans though as a tourist I don't notice the difference. I noticed many Albanian flags - sometimes more than North Macedonian. I was happily surprised that several people spoke German having worked in Germany or family living there. The locals were friendly which a nice thing in places without mass tourism. It was my second time in Skopje. The first time was during winter many years ago on a similar route (from Istanbul - Sofia) yet summer is better. They have their independence day tomorrow on September 8th, BTW - overall it was a bit weird to see the new buildings and monuments in some classical style and english double decker buses there. A big mix...
I'm using a DJI Osmo Pocket and a Zoom H1 microphone for the audio here. Both devices are mounted on a powerbank for longer filming. It's a small rig that can be held in one hand. That's why I hold it a bit lower than a gimbal. I'm mounting more cameras on it and experiment with some new style of walking videos which may be released soon
This is phenomenal. Yesterday I made friends with Skopje gypsies at the Subotica market. I want to go there. Immediately so. Are you offering tours there?
Interesting to hear. For now we don't offer tours though it is something we will consider. I once was in Skopje during winter 2009 and it was rather different from what you see in this video from 2019. There are almost no tourists during winter and I imagine things being even more closed down during the current situation. The route that I took back in summer 2019 was Istanbul - Plovdiv - Sofia - Skopje and the continuing to Nis in Serbia, Guca (trumpet festival) and so on. I'd still suggest to go to Macedonia from spring to fall. There can be a lot of snow which just lays there and won't be moved. At least that's my memory and photos from 2009 when during winter I was up at the castle and stepped around by myself in knee-deep snow. Still good memories...like being the only guest at the Hostel which had only cold water... So your best chance is finding flights to either Skopje or Sofia and go from there. You can check kayak.com / skyscanner for flights, busradar.com and the usual hotel booking sites together with current government restriction. Rome2Rio is also useful to find the route from wherever you start
Dali ti e snimano na linear I dali na raw color pa nahdano ja pooravse bojata mi se zapali mozok zemav gopro 9. I isto taka ne li e porealano da 24 fps za cinematic I dali stavi filter pozdrav
@Ilija Stojanoski you have to learn the gheg dialect of the albanian language, it is the first way of communication. All of these are the products of the Serbian Academy of Sciences. The same academy that said Albanians have a tail. Albanians before the Ottoman invasion were 80% Orthodox. Bulgarian Boris is baptized in bylis (Ballsh albania) you are not macedonian. you are slavic tribal came from the steps. in mirdita region in albania Bulg means hired land workers. payment method was by land donation.
@Ilija Stojanoski tosk dialect derives from gheg. This is true. Albanian Highlanders are withe people, not from Azerbaijan. Came and visit Albania sometime. Geg means gigas. Alb(Gjiga) Giants. Symbol of the sun is not Macedonian, but Pelasgian 🤣😂🤣.
@Ilija Stojanoski the double-headed eagle is not a symbol of Christianity; it was first used by the Hittites in central Anatolia. Maybe your Albanian friends know nothing about their history. but I say to you that Macedonian Orthodox today, too, are Albanians assimilated by the doctrine of Pan-Slavism. Matea Mateski, Sinadinowski, Branko Manolowsi ect ect. Language is what distinguishes a population, not symbols, because symbols have been changed based on families that have ruled at different times. after the fall of the Roman empire, the only ancient language surviving in the Western Balkans was Albanian, a descendant of the Illyrians. for example: Dacians lose their language (Romanians) Thracians too. Macedonians, Hellenes, Phrygians, Dalmatians ect ... The oldest language on the Illyrian peninsula is Albanian, and in the north its Hungarian. the others are languages created by the Orthodox Church with the mission of Pan-Slavism. Albania comes from the tribe of parthini kruja today, which was later Latinized as Albani latin: Alba=white, because parth, meaning white. in our language we call it SHQYPE, which means eagle, and it is a unique language in the Balkans. you Macedonians speak Gorani which is a dialect of Slavic. no historian observes Slavs earlier than the 4th century. Alexander the greas don't speak Gorani language 😭😂🤣
Oh yeah, Macedonia from the Far East 😂. Fuck off, obv you won’t see one homeless person in a VIDEO. Videos are edited, you’ll not see one homeless person even if watching a Paris walking tour video.
Tirana was nice, I also liked Durrës when I traveld there around 2 years ago. I'll see when I can visit again recording some walks around there. Albania surprised me in a good way. We'll see what the next summer brings
@Διονύσης it's unfortunate that you have no knowledge of history and what has actually taken place, but that's OK, allow me to educate you. The Macedonia in which you "think" is a small portion/part of greece which was partitioned to Greece in1913 by the bucharest treaty. It never was or ever will be greek. People in that region are and still speak macedonian because it always was and is. Bye bye 🇲🇰
@@Zouras25 leider haben die Griechen macedonien verloren. Genauso wie Istanbul haben jetzt die Türken. Muss endlich in euren Köpfe rein. Bin aus Macedonien. Ich liebe mein Land
@@laylalayla8256 Die Griechen haben nichts verloren einfach die sind Menschen mit gute Herz . Istanbul heißt konstantinoupoli und die Griechen kriegen sie wieder zurück und das was mit skopye passiert ist ihr seit Bulgaren und habt ihr nicht zu tun mit Makedonien mein liber Muster du mal echte Geschichte lernen danke
@@specialtech3992 i don't like high rises , the city center in skopje is huge and the old bazar has charm , and no homeless . looks like a nice place to visit . listening to other reviews , no scammers and people are friendly and super cheap . greeks go their to shop and have cheap dentistry . one stop shops for all dental work they have the fastest growing economy of europe . greek businesses are moving over in the hundreds . i live in melbourne australia and skopje puts melbourne to shame .
baits Not disagreeing, but the fact that compared to other capitals it looks like a village is a fact. Also people have a different opinion than yours since this country is in general a non-tourist attraction. They have one of the least tourism waves internationally. Also the fastest growing? Well not really but still let’s say a bravo. Greeks go for shopping as well as some Greek Industries go there because the salaries, items prices etc, are extremely low, (besides its normal when this country was ranked as one of the poorest Europe so yeah) Melbourne? Worse, that this? Seriously? Come on don’t overdo it. But I’d like to visit Skopje as well maybe for once who knows. I’m curious
@@specialtech3992 that's why they call it the hidden gem of the balkans . no one knows about it . jarmaine youtube channel liked it so much he stayed for 2 months and said he wouldn't comment on it because he didn't want to spoil it . he said it was a hidden gem . north macedonia has more mountains in one country than any other country on earth . huge lakes and natural spring water most of all the people are friendly . lowest crime rate of all of europe . murder is rarely heard of .
baits Hidden “Gem”..? compared to Greece it doesn’t worth’s really anything, Greece was ranked as the most beautiful country in the world for 2019 anyways. If you find this country a gem because of some mountains and some divided border lakes then Greece what has to say where in Greece you’ll find mountains, Huge plains, green valleys, forests of many kinds, rivers, crystal lakes and beaches, 6000 islands of different climates and styles, even some desert and tropical biomes located around the country. (Not gonna include the huge metropolitan and high advanced cities and the beautiful architecture construction of villages, different built in each climate of the country) I don’t really see North Macedonia, as a gem, but of course that’s my opinion like yours, so cheers.
After visiting Sofia I am afraid that all countries in the Balkan are poor, corrupted, have a soviet customer attitude, have many traditional Arabs and gypsies and are located somewhere between 2nd and 3rd world. Nevertheless, these people are usually warmer than Europeans and nature is awsome. Anyway, this is not a generalization.
It's a pity you had a negative experience in Sofia, however, if one city is poorly managed/maintained, it doesn't mean the country or all balkan states are 2nd/3rd world. Take a walk on the streets of Dubrovnik/ Split (Croatia) and tell me if that feels like a 3rd World Country. Or Istanbul, or Plovdiv(Bulgaria) - the oldest city in the Europe. If you check Nur Sultan in Kazahstan, a country with similar standard of living to Romania/Croatia/Bulgaria, I don't believe you would think of it as a 3rd world country. Same as if you walk on the streets of Detroit and generalize for all of America.
I did not say that Sofia is not a destination to visit again. I really intend to visit Dubrovnik. Anyway, no one said that Balkan states are 3rd world. I AVOID 3rd world countries. I only said that "I am afraid". Meanwhile , keep your countries from most African & middle east invadors. Thank u.
@@Neo-jg9qs No idea why would you say that when Republic North Macedonia is much much poorer then Bulgaria in any way (salaries GDP etc.). Also Bulgaria has beautifull seaside unlike you, as well as much bigger and higher mountines
I know the country name is controversial among locals yet I stick to official and Wikipedia naming. These walking videos aren't political statements after all. The official naming of the country is "North Macedonia" which was resolved due to the naming of the Macedonia region of Greece. "Skopje[...]is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje
Dardania isn't Albanian so it doesn't matter, (Illyrians from Dardania won Skopje only from the battles fought with Macedonians) and Yes this is the real Macedonia which Albanians have nothing to do with it.
@@macedonia_republic3079 You want to talk about history and write such nonsense... this proves to me that you have no idea about history... therefore we can let this issue be
North Macedonia is a notoriously contraversial country. Everybody in the Balkans knows that. In all fairness, claiming you are the ancestors of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra while speaking the newest slav language.. I mean, cmon :D Otherwise, Skopje looks OK.
Nobody can be direct descendant to nobody unless they live under a rock for 3000 years . People that live in Macedonia are mix of a lot of nationalities , including ancient Macedonians . Language has nothing to do with it . In North America people speak English , did they always spoke English ? People that live in todays Greece say they are descendants of ancient Greeks ? Have you ever seen the statues in Athens ? Do you really think those Greeks share a drop of blood with todays " Greeks " ? Every Bulgarian lady that I know and my Bulgarian friends are all blond hair and blond eyes , how do you think that happen ? The map was and still is tailored by the big three . There is only one way were nationalities can be proven and that is by DNA and even then nothing is %100 . But then , history will need to be written all over gain . And there is another thing , we ( " Macedonians " or " Skopians " or " Slav Macedonians " or whatever they call us ) are destroying our self's fast enough already so that nationalists from the hood don't have to worry . What ever is left in our genes , we are making sure is gone and young people don't wont to live there any more . The architecture that you see in this video is disgusting , the government raped my city ... Skopje was an architectural marvel in the 60's after the earthquake . History and religion are the worst enemy of the future . Only with education and science can humans progress .
@@kokibalboa9527 You seem like a reasonable person and you say that Macedonia is a mix of a lot of nationalities. Please comment on the fact that there is no Bulgarian minority recognized in the country of N. Macedonia, when literally tens of thousand (if not hundreds) people have relatives in both countries. I am pretty sure Bulgarian citizenship is the highest obtained second citizenship as well among modern macedonians. -Also, please comment on the fact all international sources see Tsar Samuil as a king of the First Bulgarian Empire and never a Macedonian kingdom. Gotse Delcvev, Dame Gruev and Sandanski as people who had a Bulgarian national identity despite fighting for a sovereign Macedonia. -Genetically wise, you are closest to Bulgarians and Serbs, yet you call Bulgarians tatars and vividly distinguish from us. -Would you not agree modern Macedonians are widely taught in school to dislike Bulgarians, see them as a threat and an enemy?
@Ilija Stojanoski comment on my points above - why do all international sources support the thesis that Gotse, Dame and Yane, Tsar Samuil are Bulgarian? Why is there no Bulgarian minority recognized in Macedonia, that's clearly absurd. Let's start from here.
If they live in macedonia then they are macedonian. You need to let go of the idea that albania will rule europe mentality because it hasent done anything for the albanians. Enjoy the video.
What are you even talking about ? I never said Albania will rule all of Europe. Yes, North Macedonia is 25% ethnically Albanian!! Do you have a problem with that?
Omg can you guys shut up About “Great Albania ” plan I NEVER said anything about that. I am simply stating the fact that North Macedonia is 25% ethnically Albanian and that most Muslims in North Macedonia are Ethnic Albanians. Yes there are Muslim Macedonians, and yes there are Christian Albanians too. But I am talking about the majority.
@Anonymous Bulgarians are hunnic tribes. The estabilisher of the ottoman empire is of bulgarian origin. The clan Kayi is actually the sequal of the first Bulgarian dinasty ,,Dulo''.
Ilija Stojanoski Come And take Thessaloniki if you can, not only bark bark behind a screen. But you know that we can smash you in a day, so you’re doing good to keep it shut.
Artificial country. "Modern Slavs, both Bulgarians and Macedonians, cannot establish a link with antiquity, as the Slavs entered the Balkans centuries after the demise of the ancient Macedonian kingdom. Only the most radical Slavic factions-mostly émigrés in the United States, Canada, and Australia-even attempt to establish a connection to antiquity [...] The twentieth-century development of a Macedonian ethnicity, and its recent evolution into independent statehood following the collapse of the Yugoslav state in 1991, has followed a rocky road. In order to survive the vicissitudes of Balkan history and politics, the Macedonians, who have had no history, need one. They reside in a territory once part of a famous ancient kingdom, which has borne the Macedonian name as a region ever since and was called ”Macedonia” for nearly half a century as part of Yugoslavia. And they speak a language now recognized by most linguists outside Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece as a south Slavic language separate from Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian. Their own so-called Macedonian ethnicity had evolved for more than a century, and thus it seemed natural and appropriate for them to call the new nation “Macedonia” and to attempt to provide some cultural references to bolster ethnic survival." "Macedonia Redux", in The Eye Expanded: life and the arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity, ed. Frances B Tichener & Richard F. Moorton, University of California Press, 1999
@Aleks_ Ovski Be careful of using the date of a publication as a counter-argument on its validity. That sword cuts both ways. However, if you only want to use genetics in determining an ethnicity, be my guest. Your own Skopje Forensics Medicine Institute conducted a six-year long research and concluded in 2012 that "the residents of Macedonia have the most similar DNA with Bulgarians and Serbs”. Ask Dr Zlatko Jakovski from the institute. And don't patronize me. You have no idea how much I know. Borza hit it spot on. He's retired a long time ago, indeed, but modern scholars do not disagree with this quote. For example Denko Maleski, a North Macedonian professor at the University Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia (International Politics and Contemporary Political Systems) and former Minister of foreign affairs of the then FYROM, said: "The creation of the 'Macedonian' nation, for almost half of a century, was done in a condition of single-party dictatorship. In those times, there was no difference between science and ideology, so the 'Macedonian; historiography, unopposed by anybody, comfortably performed a selection of the historic material from which the 'Macedonian' identity was created. There is nothing atypical here for the process of the creation of any modern nation, except when falsification from the type of substitution of the word 'Bulgarian' with the word 'Macedonian' was made. We reach towards some fictional ethnic purity which we seek in the depths of the history and we are angry at those which dare to call us Slavs and our language and culture Slavic! We are angry when they name us what we - if we have to define ourselves in such categories - are, showing that we are people full of complexes which are ashamed for ourselves." (Utrinski Vesnik newspaper, Skopje, FYROM, October 16, 2006) But since you speak about DNA, I will leave it here for you to try to dispute your own Institute's results...
@@tatjanavelkova5814 Your country fakedonia is 30 years old. You have no connection to the ancients. "Modern Slavs, both Bulgarians and Macedonians, cannot establish a link with antiquity, as the Slavs entered the Balkans centuries after the demise of the ancient Macedonian kingdom. Only the most radical Slavic factions-mostly émigrés in the United States, Canada, and Australia-even attempt to establish a connection to antiquity [...] The twentieth-century development of a Macedonian ethnicity, and its recent evolution into independent statehood following the collapse of the Yugoslav state in 1991, has followed a rocky road. In order to survive the vicissitudes of Balkan history and politics, the Macedonians, who have had no history, need one. They reside in a territory once part of a famous ancient kingdom, which has borne the Macedonian name as a region ever since and was called ”Macedonia” for nearly half a century as part of Yugoslavia. And they speak a language now recognized by most linguists outside Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece as a south Slavic language separate from Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian. Their own so-called Macedonian ethnicity had evolved for more than a century, and thus it seemed natural and appropriate for them to call the new nation “Macedonia” and to attempt to provide some cultural references to bolster ethnic survival." "Macedonia Redux", in The Eye Expanded: life and the arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity, ed. Frances B Tichener & Richard F. Moorton, University of California Press, 1999
Skopje the most beautiful city in Europe I am from Skopje fantastic City I miss my city Skopje now I live in Melbourne Australia
Macedonia is such a wonderful country ❤️🇲🇰🇷🇴
Romania too!
Βαρντασκα λέγεται....
Βαρντασκα λέγεται....
@@I.M.Mitrovski EVERY GOOD ! ! Tatjana
Stunning! Thanks for sharing... I've never been here but would love to explore it.
One of the most interesting walking videos i have ever seen, i really liked how you got into all the little areas between the restaurants and the shops in the beginning it was fantastic
I came from Jakarta Indonesia and I love Skopje ❤️
Have you been to Bulgaria? Bulgaria is also beautiful and I am from Indonesia and live in Sofia
Hello! I love Skobje, too.
Ubavo Skopje (Skoplje). 😊 I was there some 17 years ago visiting relatives, family members, uncles... I wish to visit soon.
Everytime I see a Macedonia related video I see so many political and history related comments and so many negativity by greeks and macedonians. Why do not everyone just watch the video and enjoy it??!?!
Btw this is awesome video i liked it... no matter if it is North or only Macedonia
Thanks for this comment! Words of reason
@@poptravelorg Words of reason? Such ignorant comments from both of you. Of course, if you are not Greek this issue doesn't affect you. And since it doesn't affect *you*, the heck with it, it's not important, let's just "enjoy", right?
I am Macedonian, I have no relation with those Slavic people (who I have nothing personally against, other than the fact that they are stealing robbing my history and my identity) and I my eyes roll every time I hear or read this so called "North Macedonia" moniker.
Furthermore, the financial damage to the Macedonian (Greek) companies is incalculable. I know, I work for one (winery), and we had to lay off several people because guess who else is selling "Macedonian" wines, capitalizing on their excellent reputation. So, not only they are stealing my history and my identity, they may end up robbing me of my living as well.
Other than all that, "let's just enjoy".
So, next time, it's better to not comment about things you know nothing about--it's better to stay quiet and be thought of as a fool rather than speak out and remove all doubt.
@@iliassarris1118 why are you so butthurt?
@@iliassarris1118 don't be petty. Macedonia is large area and only part of it is in greece.
@@iliassarris1118 I'm sure if you and your neighbors do a DNA test, you will find a lot of Slavic genes. There are no hard and fast boundaries between peoples or "identities." And why are there folk songs in Greek Macedonia without any lyrics, but not anywhere else? Why can I, as a "North" Macedonian, travel into Greek Macedonia and speak Macedonian to the old people there, but you can't come up north and speak Greek? Because in the last century, the Greek governments tried to erase Slavic Macedonian culture, language, identity. Many fled north just to survive; it's an ethnic cleansing. On your side, you're mad that even though the EU let you copyright the term Macedonia, there are other people north where that's the only name they have for themselves, so they use it as well. Don't blame your poorer neighbors for your economic troubles; we all saw how the EU and Germany forced it on you through debt and austerity. Why should we small, poor countries fight against each other?
Ich komme aus Mazedonien (kicevo) und kann nur eins sagen. Mazedonien ist eine schönes Land und wenn alle Nationen und Religionen zusammen halten und leben können wir es noch schöner und besser machen. LG
Ja da hast du recht ich komme aus kumanova und ich kann es nur aus dem Herzen sagen das ich es vermisse wieder ein mein Heimatland zu fahren...
Το κιτσεβο είναι η πατρίδα του Πλάτωνα, και το κουμανοβο η πατρίδα του Αριστοτέλη, τα σκοπια πατρίδα του Τσιπρα, και του μιταοτακη....
What an awesome video. I love how green the city is too, with trees everywhere. Except for the palm trees. They don't belong.
Macedonia is in Greece this is *west Bulgaria*
@@comingafteryou9602 cringe
@@comingafteryou9602......... jedi ....... pihtije .
u Vranje.
The city is so amazing 🤩🤩
Thanks for showing us the cat 🐈 ❤ Lovely walk.
I have visited Skopje twice, and I have never seen homeless. Instead Athens is full of homeless and the circulation is chaotic. Skopje is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The only serious problem it has is pollution.
Lots of free space. Few cars in the city center. That is wonderful. The city looks simple. I think a lot of people feel comfortable here.
Greetings from Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
Loved this video. It's so interesting to see other cultures.
Loved all the shops you strolled through. Plus the cat at 18:53
So many languages. I'm guessing Macedonia, Albanian and many more surrounding the Turkey areas.
Everything looked so clean, with a few exceptions. like at 49:33
Was sad to see the beautiful area of abandonment and trash at 1:03:44 around the lovely statues.
After leaving the Holiday Inn 57:00 did you cross the Vardar River on that beautiful bridge? 59:00
Loved the plaza by StoneBridge Hotel 37:04 and young children playing in water fountain 39:19 however it's against the law in USA to allow children naked in public. However I got a great laugh at it.
The Umbrellas were amazing hanging over the shops! 23:36
I am guessing Coca Cola is very popular in Skopje.
You did an excellent job panning everything with your camera. Thank you!
Thank you for this comment! The old town is nice to walk around and rather clean. Where it's less touristy outside it looks a bit weird with the new buildings and "different" like the apartment area around 49:33 that you mentioned. It's actually not trash there but somebody selling these shoes and things that are laying on the floor. I also was surprised about this at first yet saw it in other countries.
Skopje is indeed a mix of different people from the Balkans though as a tourist I don't notice the difference. I noticed many Albanian flags - sometimes more than North Macedonian. I was happily surprised that several people spoke German having worked in Germany or family living there. The locals were friendly which a nice thing in places without mass tourism.
It was my second time in Skopje. The first time was during winter many years ago on a similar route (from Istanbul - Sofia) yet summer is better. They have their independence day tomorrow on September 8th, BTW - overall it was a bit weird to see the new buildings and monuments in some classical style and english double decker buses there. A big mix...
@@poptravelorg Thank you for replying. However I don't understand
Ivan Georgiev
reply. Was he upset with you or the people in Skopje?
I think it's more the politics there. I try to keep politics mostly out of the walking videos and the channel though I understand what he means
The children werent playing in the fountain its also illegal here too
HI @@gogo5192 -- I was referring to this area where water is coming out of the cement. 39:19
Koj dovagja ovde posle drugi videa na primer kako Monte Carlo Monaco Walking Tour?
🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰❤️❤️ macedonia always ♥️♥️♥️
Nice video bro thanks..Macedonia
Where is your camera mounted ?
I'm using a DJI Osmo Pocket and a Zoom H1 microphone for the audio here. Both devices are mounted on a powerbank for longer filming. It's a small rig that can be held in one hand. That's why I hold it a bit lower than a gimbal. I'm mounting more cameras on it and experiment with some new style of walking videos which may be released soon
This is phenomenal. Yesterday I made friends with Skopje gypsies at the Subotica market. I want to go there. Immediately so. Are you offering tours there?
Interesting to hear. For now we don't offer tours though it is something we will consider. I once was in Skopje during winter 2009 and it was rather different from what you see in this video from 2019. There are almost no tourists during winter and I imagine things being even more closed down during the current situation.
The route that I took back in summer 2019 was Istanbul - Plovdiv - Sofia - Skopje and the continuing to Nis in Serbia, Guca (trumpet festival) and so on. I'd still suggest to go to Macedonia from spring to fall. There can be a lot of snow which just lays there and won't be moved. At least that's my memory and photos from 2009 when during winter I was up at the castle and stepped around by myself in knee-deep snow. Still good memories...like being the only guest at the Hostel which had only cold water... So your best chance is finding flights to either Skopje or Sofia and go from there. You can check kayak.com / skyscanner for flights, busradar.com and the usual hotel booking sites together with current government restriction. Rome2Rio is also useful to find the route from wherever you start
name of the song 24:50 anyone???
Shazam says "Prisionera (Rino Aqua & Md DJ Remix)"
@@poptravelorg thank you
Peace and love to Republic of Macedonia.
Dali ti e snimano na linear I dali na raw color pa nahdano ja pooravse bojata mi se zapali mozok zemav gopro 9. I isto taka ne li e porealano da 24 fps za cinematic I dali stavi filter pozdrav
Bez filtara, bez uređivanja - izravni video iz DJI Osmo Pocket (1). Sve u 60 fps kako bi izgledalo najrealnije
Skopje, the capitol of Makedonija.
Σκόπια Πρωτεύουσα της βαρντασκα....
Great country.
🇲🇰♥️🇲🇽
Mexico hates north m
So Beautiful! But the style of the infrastructure in the centre can be quite bad, especially the street lights!
cant look anything up about skopje without seeing hateful comments
La Ilaha Ila Allah Mohamed Rassoul Allah ❤️
👏👍👏👌👏👌👏👌👏👍From Argentina 🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋
Will be visiting this summer
Nase ubavo Skopje🌹🌹🌹
Την αγάπη μου από την Ελλάδα 🇬🇷❤️🇲🇰☮️Zdravo
Many of them are very good looking to be honest.
I am from Skopje, the capital of the Republic of Macedonia 🇲🇰, Greetings!!🙂
large statues in the center of Skopje and neoclassical buildings built in the skyscraper era. they have missed that city
Greatings from Albania
@Ilija Stojanoski you have to learn the gheg dialect of the albanian language, it is the first way of communication. All of these are the products of the Serbian Academy of Sciences. The same academy that said Albanians have a tail. Albanians before the Ottoman invasion were 80% Orthodox. Bulgarian Boris is baptized in bylis (Ballsh albania) you are not macedonian. you are slavic tribal came from the steps. in mirdita region in albania Bulg means hired land workers. payment method was by land donation.
@Ilija Stojanoski tosk dialect derives from gheg. This is true. Albanian Highlanders are withe people, not from Azerbaijan. Came and visit Albania sometime. Geg means gigas. Alb(Gjiga) Giants. Symbol of the sun is not Macedonian, but Pelasgian 🤣😂🤣.
@Ilija Stojanoski the double-headed eagle is not a symbol of Christianity; it was first used by the Hittites in central Anatolia. Maybe your Albanian friends know nothing about their history. but I say to you that Macedonian Orthodox today, too, are Albanians assimilated by the doctrine of Pan-Slavism. Matea Mateski, Sinadinowski, Branko Manolowsi ect ect. Language is what distinguishes a population, not symbols, because symbols have been changed based on families that have ruled at different times. after the fall of the Roman empire, the only ancient language surviving in the Western Balkans was Albanian, a descendant of the Illyrians. for example: Dacians lose their language (Romanians) Thracians too. Macedonians, Hellenes, Phrygians, Dalmatians ect ... The oldest language on the Illyrian peninsula is Albanian, and in the north its Hungarian. the others are languages created by the Orthodox Church with the mission of Pan-Slavism. Albania comes from the tribe of parthini kruja today, which was later Latinized as Albani latin: Alba=white, because parth, meaning white. in our language we call it SHQYPE, which means eagle, and it is a unique language in the Balkans. you Macedonians speak Gorani which is a dialect of Slavic. no historian observes Slavs earlier than the 4th century. Alexander the greas don't speak Gorani language 😭😂🤣
@Ilija Stojanoski ruclips.net/video/da0DuoYUBlA/видео.html have a good night
Good
Macedonia is full of lakes, like Finland.
👍👍👍
carshija i vjeter. love from Shkupi!
In latin it was Scupi, actually and it derived from Illyrian, not Albanian. Albanian didn’t exist at the time.
@@marsper8692................. gnjuri .
u Dunav.
Super!
wow what a nice place and not one homeless person like most other europian and western countries .
Oh yeah, Macedonia from the Far East 😂. Fuck off, obv you won’t see one homeless person in a VIDEO. Videos are edited, you’ll not see one homeless person even if watching a Paris walking tour video.
please record in Tirana, Albania
Tirana was nice, I also liked Durrës when I traveld there around 2 years ago. I'll see when I can visit again recording some walks around there. Albania surprised me in a good way. We'll see what the next summer brings
Long live MACEDONIA
(VARDAR+PIRIN+AGEAN)
@Διονύσης7 Macedonia is on Macedonians🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰
Και δύο αρχιδια
Macedonia..... !!! 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰👌💛❤💛🇲🇰💛💛💛🇲🇰 never north.
Its North 🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰❤️❤️
@@slepk7898 in your eyes only.
@Διονύσης must b hard being brain washed. It's okay.
Have a delightful day ✌peace
@Διονύσης
M a c e d o n i a ❤💛🇲🇰 😊✌👋
@Διονύσης it's unfortunate that you have no knowledge of history and what has actually taken place, but that's OK, allow me to educate you. The Macedonia in which you "think" is a small portion/part of greece which was partitioned to Greece in1913 by the bucharest treaty. It never was or ever will be greek. People in that region are and still speak macedonian because it always was and is.
Bye bye 🇲🇰
Ein schönes Video. Ich komme aus Mazedonien. 😁🇲🇰❤️
🤣🤣🤣🤣 oder von ziggonistan? Weil MACEDONIA ist in Griechenland
@@Zouras25 leider haben die Griechen macedonien verloren. Genauso wie Istanbul haben jetzt die Türken. Muss endlich in euren Köpfe rein. Bin aus Macedonien. Ich liebe mein Land
@@laylalayla8256 Die Griechen haben nichts verloren einfach die sind Menschen mit gute Herz . Istanbul heißt konstantinoupoli und die Griechen kriegen sie wieder zurück und das was mit skopye passiert ist ihr seit Bulgaren und habt ihr nicht zu tun mit Makedonien mein liber Muster du mal echte Geschichte lernen danke
@TNU ТНУ klappe halten du arme musst du die alte Karten schauen und in Wikipedia schauen das reicht du idiot ihr seid Bulgaren nichts anderes
@@laylalayla8256 EVERY BEST ! ! ! Tatjana from MAKEDONIJA
My beautiful Macedonia
Macedonia is Greek Alexander the great was Greek you are Bulgarian. 😂😂🤣🤣
Republic of Titostan 😂
@@ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΚΟΣΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ STFU macedonia was never greek, neither was Alexander the great. And we arent bulgarians.
@Olympiacos Hellas Macedonia never greek read real History psudo-greek
Malaka skopiane
amazing city great clip , thanks for showing really enjoyed it , better than most cities around the world that i've seen .
baits more like a village rather than a city but okay
@@specialtech3992 i don't like high rises , the city center in skopje is huge and the old bazar has charm , and no homeless . looks like a nice place to visit . listening to other reviews , no scammers and people are friendly and super cheap . greeks go their to shop and have cheap dentistry . one stop shops for all dental work they have the fastest growing economy of europe . greek businesses are moving over in the hundreds . i live in melbourne australia and skopje puts melbourne to shame .
baits Not disagreeing, but the fact that compared to other capitals it looks like a village is a fact.
Also people have a different opinion than yours since this country is in general a non-tourist attraction. They have one of the least tourism waves internationally.
Also the fastest growing? Well not really but still let’s say a bravo.
Greeks go for shopping as well as some Greek Industries go there because the salaries, items prices etc, are extremely low, (besides its normal when this country was ranked as one of the poorest Europe so yeah)
Melbourne? Worse, that this? Seriously? Come on don’t overdo it.
But I’d like to visit Skopje as well maybe for once who knows. I’m curious
@@specialtech3992 that's why they call it the hidden gem of the balkans . no one knows about it . jarmaine youtube channel liked it so much he stayed for 2 months and said he wouldn't comment on it because he didn't want to spoil it . he said it was a hidden gem . north macedonia has more mountains in one country than any other country on earth . huge lakes and natural spring water most of all the people are friendly . lowest crime rate of all of europe . murder is rarely heard of .
baits Hidden “Gem”..? compared to Greece it doesn’t worth’s really anything, Greece was ranked as the most beautiful country in the world for 2019 anyways.
If you find this country a gem because of some mountains and some divided border lakes then Greece what has to say where in Greece you’ll find mountains, Huge plains, green valleys, forests of many kinds, rivers, crystal lakes and beaches, 6000 islands of different climates and styles, even some desert and tropical biomes located around the country. (Not gonna include the huge metropolitan and high advanced cities and the beautiful architecture construction of villages, different built in each climate of the country)
I don’t really see North Macedonia, as a gem, but of course that’s my opinion like yours, so cheers.
Its macedonia not NORTH 🙃
It's North
It's not North neither Macedonia
its east albania
@@DinaricUbermensch MAKEDONIJA IS MAKEDONIJA !!!!
Skopje was originally called shkupi which was an albanian name listed in roman documents 2000 years ago 😂
SKOPJE 25 CENTURIES MACEDONIAN TOWN ! ! !
After visiting Sofia I am afraid that all countries in the Balkan are poor, corrupted, have a soviet customer attitude, have many traditional Arabs and gypsies and are located somewhere between 2nd and 3rd world. Nevertheless, these people are usually warmer than Europeans and nature is awsome. Anyway, this is not a generalization.
It's a pity you had a negative experience in Sofia, however, if one city is poorly managed/maintained, it doesn't mean the country or all balkan states are 2nd/3rd world. Take a walk on the streets of Dubrovnik/ Split (Croatia) and tell me if that feels like a 3rd World Country. Or Istanbul, or Plovdiv(Bulgaria) - the oldest city in the Europe. If you check Nur Sultan in Kazahstan, a country with similar standard of living to Romania/Croatia/Bulgaria, I don't believe you would think of it as a 3rd world country. Same as if you walk on the streets of Detroit and generalize for all of America.
I did not say that Sofia is not a destination to visit again. I really intend to visit Dubrovnik. Anyway, no one said that Balkan states are 3rd world. I AVOID 3rd world countries. I only said that "I am afraid". Meanwhile , keep your countries from most African & middle east invadors. Thank u.
Bulgaria is poor country..Macedonia is so much more beautiful, go to Ohrid,Bitola or visit Matka. 🇲🇰❤️
@@Neo-jg9qs No idea why would you say that when Republic North Macedonia is much much poorer then Bulgaria in any way (salaries GDP etc.). Also Bulgaria has beautifull seaside unlike you, as well as much bigger and higher mountines
except macedonia doesn't have homeless people like most countries do .very nice people awesome place ..
North Macedonia from West Balkan in the South East Europe. That crazy geography does not check. Just say Macedonia
I know the country name is controversial among locals yet I stick to official and Wikipedia naming. These walking videos aren't political statements after all. The official naming of the country is "North Macedonia" which was resolved due to the naming of the Macedonia region of Greece. "Skopje[...]is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje
🇲🇰 Never North Macedonia !! 🇲🇰
Robert Todorovski North 😂😂😂
@@specialtech3992 Ciganaka- Malaka 🤣😂😂🤣
@@mafiamafia1494 what kind of crack are you smoking?
MACEDONIA FOR THE MACEDONIANS!!
Not north neither Macedonia
NEVER north, ALWAYS MACEDONIA !!,
Aurora Borealis In your dreams
@specialtech3992 you dream. in.. \\\ .
Никогаш северна ,Само Македонија !!!
Greek wannabe
Hey people, this video is about beauty of town in touristic manner, don't olute it with quasi-historical and nationalistic observations !
Makedonia
Makedonija
Makedonija i Aleksandar Makedonski.
@@milenkonedeklovski7858 🤣🖐🖐
Thanks🇦🇱🇽🇰
@@macedonia_republic3079 po ik moj se ti qiva gopt
@@macedonia_republic3079 🇬🇷🇧🇬🇦🇱
Just Macedonia! You get more respect that way! People is just Macedonia
Турско шиптерска страна
Skopje (Shkup) is a City of Dardanian and not macedonia... This a macedonian fake...
😂😀
Dardania isn't Albanian so it doesn't matter, (Illyrians from Dardania won Skopje only from the battles fought with Macedonians) and Yes this is the real Macedonia
which Albanians have nothing to do with it.
@@macedonia_republic3079 you are so stupid man...go sleep
@@noizyshakur9684 Ahaha sleep i dont need it tyvm..... But what do u mean ??? Do u know anything about history .?
@@macedonia_republic3079 You want to talk about history and write such nonsense... this proves to me that you have no idea about history... therefore we can let this issue be
Αγάπη απο Ελλάδα στην βόρια Μακεδονί
.............. Ellaba ? in your bush.
North Macedonia is a notoriously contraversial country. Everybody in the Balkans knows that. In all fairness, claiming you are the ancestors of Alexander the Great and Cleopatra while speaking the newest slav language.. I mean, cmon :D Otherwise, Skopje looks OK.
Nobody can be direct descendant to nobody unless they live under a rock for 3000 years . People that live in Macedonia are mix of a lot of nationalities , including ancient Macedonians . Language has nothing to do with it . In North America people speak English , did they always spoke English ? People that live in todays Greece say they are descendants of ancient Greeks ? Have you ever seen the statues in Athens ? Do you really think those Greeks share a drop of blood with todays " Greeks " ? Every Bulgarian lady that I know and my Bulgarian friends are all blond hair and blond eyes , how do you think that happen ? The map was and still is tailored by the big three . There is only one way were nationalities can be proven and that is by DNA and even then nothing is %100 . But then , history will need to be written all over gain . And there is another thing , we ( " Macedonians " or " Skopians " or " Slav Macedonians " or whatever they call us ) are destroying our self's fast enough already so that nationalists from the hood don't have to worry . What ever is left in our genes , we are making sure is gone and young people don't wont to live there any more . The architecture that you see in this video is disgusting , the government raped my city ... Skopje was an architectural marvel in the 60's after the earthquake . History and religion are the worst enemy of the future . Only with education and science can humans progress .
@@kokibalboa9527 You seem like a reasonable person and you say that Macedonia is a mix of a lot of nationalities. Please comment on the fact that there is no Bulgarian minority recognized in the country of N. Macedonia, when literally tens of thousand (if not hundreds) people have relatives in both countries. I am pretty sure Bulgarian citizenship is the highest obtained second citizenship as well among modern macedonians.
-Also, please comment on the fact all international sources see Tsar Samuil as a king of the First Bulgarian Empire and never a Macedonian kingdom. Gotse Delcvev, Dame Gruev and Sandanski as people who had a Bulgarian national identity despite fighting for a sovereign Macedonia.
-Genetically wise, you are closest to Bulgarians and Serbs, yet you call Bulgarians tatars and vividly distinguish from us.
-Would you not agree modern Macedonians are widely taught in school to dislike Bulgarians, see them as a threat and an enemy?
@Ilija Stojanoski And where is their Pakistani origin ???
@Ilija Stojanoski comment on my points above - why do all international sources support the thesis that Gotse, Dame and Yane, Tsar Samuil are Bulgarian? Why is there no Bulgarian minority recognized in Macedonia, that's clearly absurd. Let's start from here.
@Ilija Stojanoski don't tell me what's written your school books, show me international sources that claim what you say.
Most people on the streets here are Albanian 🇦🇱🇦🇱! Haha I love seeing our cousins in north Macedonia and Kosovo
Everywhere , basically all the Muslims you see are Albanian and basically all people on the north side of the river are Albanian. Go to 14:15
If they live in macedonia then they are macedonian. You need to let go of the idea that albania will rule europe mentality because it hasent done anything for the albanians. Enjoy the video.
What are you even talking about ? I never said Albania will rule all of Europe. Yes, North Macedonia is 25% ethnically Albanian!! Do you have a problem with that?
Omg can you guys shut up About “Great Albania ” plan I NEVER said anything about that. I am simply stating the fact that North Macedonia is 25% ethnically Albanian and that most Muslims in North Macedonia are Ethnic Albanians. Yes there are Muslim Macedonians, and yes there are Christian Albanians too. But I am talking about the majority.
Skopje was in history the capital of all albanians !
Beautiful BULGARIAN town!
@Lina The Great Lina The Great macedonia is Bulgarian
@Anonymous Bulgarians are hunnic tribes. The estabilisher of the ottoman empire is of bulgarian origin. The clan Kayi is actually the sequal of the first Bulgarian dinasty ,,Dulo''.
@The One And Only Bulgaria is thousands of years older than your turkish state... How could something older be yours?
this is a macedonian town if you havent read the title of the video or seen where skopje belongs
@@macedonia_republic3079 Bruh haven't you understood that you belong to us
РЕПУБЛИКА МАКЕДОНИЈА, , СЕВЕРНА НЕ ПОСТОИ
Respiblika kurats MACEDONIA eto greece
@@Zouras25 aj dojdi vo Makedonija I reci taka ako si maz gazeto inka ke ti go napravime
@@nemaime2902 Ne zavaravajte sebe Makedonija je grčka provincija
@@Zouras25 Abe majkati koga ja ebavav na vreme to boleduvase od grip zatoa Sega ti vakvo alipno si ispadnato
@@Zouras25 hey greek brother, if you are serbian brother, you should be macedonian brother too, you're the same religion .
only Macedonia never North
Macedonia is greece.
@Ilija Stojanoski Југо-македонски овци :) Дали сè уште слушаме српска пропаганда?
Ilija Stojanoski Come And take Thessaloniki if you can, not only bark bark behind a screen. But you know that we can smash you in a day, so you’re doing good to keep it shut.
@Ilija Stojanoski I agree with you but I dont like Turks.Respect from Albania
no homeless people in macedonia like greece .
@Aleks Kevyn no homeless in macedonia , gypsies beg all over the world , but their not homeless in macedonia .
North Macedonia hahaha. No way. Macedonia is one and it's GREEK🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷
@Alexander Great this is so funny 😂
@@irinisof934 wow... how ignorant u must be.
If it's greek then tell me what "Shkupi" means in greek as it was the original name of macedonias capital and is albanian.
Greeks are turks.thry look like Arabs.
@@irinisof934 ALEXANDER THE GREAT IS MACEDONIAN.
before 25 centuries ALEXANDER --- TSAR ON MAKEDONIJA.
Ziggonia skopye MACEDONIA IS GREEK 🙏✝️❤🇬🇷
Just stop and get over it
@@evergreen8807 What? Stop urgently stealing history
@@Zouras25 butthurt much?
No
Cibe kuche
Go to real ancient Macedonia north greece birthplace of alexander
That's Agean Macedonian inhabited mainly by Christian turks brought in 1923 with skin browner than s@%! :D peace malaka
TSAR ALEXANDER is born in PELLA -- M A K E D O N I J A ! !
FAKE MACEDONIA 🤣🤣
Not fake as Greece.
@@digital2027 🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️🤣🤣🤣
@@ΜιλτιάδηςΜπαλτατζής THIS IS VIDEO FOR MAKEDONIJA !!!
c c q q.
before 25 centuries FILIP KING. ALEXANDER TSAR.
M A K E D O N I J A WONDERFUL COUNTRY ! ! !
@@tatjanavelkova5814 🤣🤣🤣🤣🖐🖐
Artificial country.
"Modern Slavs, both Bulgarians and Macedonians, cannot establish a link with antiquity, as the Slavs entered the Balkans centuries after the demise of the ancient Macedonian kingdom. Only the most radical Slavic factions-mostly émigrés in the United States, Canada, and Australia-even attempt to establish a connection to antiquity [...] The twentieth-century development of a Macedonian ethnicity, and its recent evolution into independent statehood following the collapse of the Yugoslav state in 1991, has followed a rocky road. In order to survive the vicissitudes of Balkan history and politics, the Macedonians, who have had no history, need one. They reside in a territory once part of a famous ancient kingdom, which has borne the Macedonian name as a region ever since and was called ”Macedonia” for nearly half a century as part of Yugoslavia. And they speak a language now recognized by most linguists outside Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece as a south Slavic language separate from Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian. Their own so-called Macedonian ethnicity had evolved for more than a century, and thus it seemed natural and appropriate for them to call the new nation “Macedonia” and to attempt to provide some cultural references to bolster ethnic survival."
"Macedonia Redux", in The Eye Expanded: life and the arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity, ed. Frances B Tichener & Richard F. Moorton, University of California Press, 1999
Cool propaganda bro Make kamenos proud
@@e.v.5456 Sorry man, but Eugene Borza said it in the above book. en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eugene_N._Borza
@Aleks_ Ovski Be careful of using the date of a publication as a counter-argument on its validity. That sword cuts both ways.
However, if you only want to use genetics in determining an ethnicity, be my guest. Your own Skopje Forensics Medicine Institute conducted a six-year long research and concluded in 2012 that "the residents of Macedonia have the most similar DNA with Bulgarians and Serbs”. Ask Dr Zlatko Jakovski from the institute.
And don't patronize me. You have no idea how much I know. Borza hit it spot on. He's retired a long time ago, indeed, but modern scholars do not disagree with this quote.
For example Denko Maleski, a North Macedonian professor at the University Sts. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia (International Politics and Contemporary Political Systems) and former Minister of foreign affairs of the then FYROM, said:
"The creation of the 'Macedonian' nation, for almost half of a century, was done in a condition of single-party dictatorship. In those times, there was no difference between science and ideology, so the 'Macedonian; historiography, unopposed by anybody, comfortably performed a selection of the historic material from which the 'Macedonian' identity was created. There is nothing atypical here for the process of the creation of any modern nation, except when falsification from the type of substitution of the word 'Bulgarian' with the word 'Macedonian' was made. We reach towards some fictional ethnic purity which we seek in the depths of the history and we are angry at those which dare to call us Slavs and our language and culture Slavic! We are angry when they name us what we - if we have to define ourselves in such categories - are, showing that we are people full of complexes which are ashamed for ourselves." (Utrinski Vesnik newspaper, Skopje, FYROM, October 16, 2006)
But since you speak about DNA, I will leave it here for you to try to dispute your own Institute's results...
MAKEDONIJA EXIST 25 CENTURIES from FILIP KING ON MAKEDONIJA.
@@tatjanavelkova5814 Your country fakedonia is 30 years old. You have no connection to the ancients.
"Modern Slavs, both Bulgarians and Macedonians, cannot establish a link with antiquity, as the Slavs entered the Balkans centuries after the demise of the ancient Macedonian kingdom. Only the most radical Slavic factions-mostly émigrés in the United States, Canada, and Australia-even attempt to establish a connection to antiquity [...] The twentieth-century development of a Macedonian ethnicity, and its recent evolution into independent statehood following the collapse of the Yugoslav state in 1991, has followed a rocky road. In order to survive the vicissitudes of Balkan history and politics, the Macedonians, who have had no history, need one. They reside in a territory once part of a famous ancient kingdom, which has borne the Macedonian name as a region ever since and was called ”Macedonia” for nearly half a century as part of Yugoslavia. And they speak a language now recognized by most linguists outside Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece as a south Slavic language separate from Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian. Their own so-called Macedonian ethnicity had evolved for more than a century, and thus it seemed natural and appropriate for them to call the new nation “Macedonia” and to attempt to provide some cultural references to bolster ethnic survival."
"Macedonia Redux", in The Eye Expanded: life and the arts in Greco-Roman Antiquity, ed. Frances B Tichener & Richard F. Moorton, University of California Press, 1999
Macedonia is full of lakes, like Finland.